Alonzo hernandez flores



NJETERS. PHOTaLITMOGRAFNER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

@ v: iattut i (t ALONZO HERNANDEZ FLORES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 86,829, (lated February 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMPO'UND SCALE FOR TAILORS USE.

The Schedule* referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all 'whom tt may conce/m:

Beit known that I, ALONZO HERNANDEZ FLoREs, ofthe city, county, andState of New York, have invented a Compound Sliding Scale for TailorsUse in Cutting Garments; and dohereby declare that the following is aiull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being` had tothe accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, whichrepresents the said scale as set for marking out a garment preparatoryto cutting the same.

'lhe nature oi" this invention consists in reducing the science ofcutting garments to a simple and practical instrument, which requires noinstruction or study to learn or use, other than a4 knowledge ofthefigures used on an ordinary scae, and by means of which a dress-coat,i'rock, sack, or overcoat, can be marked out on the cloth in a fewminutes, the proportions of the human body being all arranged on theinstrument in accordance with the iirst and only measure required, viz,the girth of the body immediately under the arms.

In the said drawing- A, BB, and O G G, denote the frame of theinstrument, which is graduated, and on which the inner scales slide;

D is the main horizontal sliding bar, which is also graduated, andsustains the graduated hip-bars E E;

F is the breast-bar; and

G is the graduated neck-piece, attached to said breast-bar, and to thevertical graduated bar H.

I is another vertical bar,wl1ich carries a rectangular arm, K, and apointer, L, by means of Which the position and size of the arm-hole isregulated; and

M is the collar-bar.

Being a tailor by profession, and having studied the science ot' cuttinggarments from actual measurement ot' the human body, -I discovered thatthe principal measures, Viz, the length of the body, H I, the neck,

G, theA arm-hole, K, and collar, M, Snc., were proportionate parts(Whether for large or small-size garments) of the girth of the bodyimmediately under the arms, viz, the part A, sixty per cent.; the bar D,both ways fronrthe centre, thirty; the three divisions ot' the top baryO O C, each twenty; the sides B B, fifty; the hip-bars E E, twenty-oneand thirteen per cent.; the bars H I, twenty-tive; the collar G,thirteen; the arm K, thirteen; the finger L, ten; and the collar M,eight per cent.; and4 this fact prompted me to design the instrumentherein described, whose operation I will explain as fo lows:

ln the rs't place, I take the circumference, or girth, of the body oftheperson for whom the garment is intended immediately under the arms, andsupposing the measure to be 64, I take the half the measure, 32, and Islide the scales on the frame and bars to the numbers 32, as shownin thedrawing, and I next mark with tailor-s chalk the lines indicated by thescales, as shown in red, on the double piece of cloth, and cut the same,o being the lapel; p, the breast; q q, the hip; s, the neck; t, thearm-hole; nu, the shoulder', t', the collar, and `w w, the back seams;by which an unerring fit is obtained.

Havingdescribed my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

The frame A B O, main and sliding hip-bars D, E E, breast andvertical-sliding bars F, H I, rectangular arm-bar K, and collar-bars GrM, all graduated, arranged and operating"substantially as and for thepurposes described and set -forth.

nature, this 28th day of July, A. D. 1868.

ALONZO HERNANDEZ FLORES.

Witnesses: A. DE Roznz, A. NEiLL.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my sig`

